2002

The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 13.1216 Thursday, 2 May 2002
[1] From: Jimmy Jung <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 1 May 2002 11:31:39 -0400
Subj: Romeo and Juliet
[2] From: Douglas Chapman <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 1 May 2002 13:19:47 EDT
Subj: Re: SHK 13.1209 Re: Romeo and Juliet
[3] From: Larry Weiss <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 01 May 2002 15:27:08 -0400
Subj: Re: SHK 13.1209 Re: Romeo and Juliet
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From: Jimmy Jung <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 1 May 2002 11:31:39 -0400
Subject: Romeo and Juliet
It is my own hamartia that I so grievously desire the last word. But I
doubt I will get it. I even had to look up hamartia, which
dictionary.com gives as "Tragic Flaw."
I will say that when I called Romeo a sap, it is because I have a hard
time being sympathetic with the character. However, a few posts ago,
when I also said Hamlet, Lear, and Othello might all be considered saps,
it occurred to me that I my use of the term "sap," was becoming somewhat
synonymous with "tragic flaw."
Just another airy word to stir the civil brawl.
Jimmy
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From: Douglas Chapman <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 1 May 2002 13:19:47 EDT
Subject: 13.1209 Re: Romeo and Juliet
Comment: Re: SHK 13.1209 Re: Romeo and Juliet
<< ... it seems to me
that R&J is a cautionary tale about the danger of passion. >>
Perhaps more accurately, the danger of disallowed passion, or even make
that youthful passion.
Douglas Chapman
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From: Larry Weiss <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 01 May 2002 15:27:08 -0400
Subject: 13.1209 Re: Romeo and Juliet
Comment: Re: SHK 13.1209 Re: Romeo and Juliet
> Caesar is a massive candidate for villain in my
> estimation. He certainly is not a sympathetic character.
Octavius is an antagonist, which is not the same thing as a villain.
Iago, Edmund and, arguably, Claudius are both. Macbeth is the
protagonist AND the villain.
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